A.P. Giannini, founder of Bank of Italy (later Bank of America) Edgar Rice Burroughs, adventure and science fiction author Robert A. Millikan, experimental physicist; recipient of the Nobel Prize; longtime president of California Institute of Technology Admiral C.C. Bloch, commander of 14th Naval District during Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor George Pepperdine, founded Western Auto Supply; philanthropist; endowed George Pepperdine College (later Pepperdine University) Jesse Louis Lasky, created first permanent feature film company in what would become Hollywood; a founder of Paramount Pictures Tom Mix, early Western movie star Gordon Bernie Kaufman, prominent architect Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd, career U.S. Naval officer who perished aboard USS Arizona in 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor; posthumously received Medal of Honor Earl Warren, governor of California; chief justice of U.S. Supreme Court Buster Keaton, silent screen star Hal Roach, comedy writer, director and producer; created Hal Roach Studios Harold Lloyd, comedy movie star in silents and talkies; founded own studio Edmund G. Brown, lawyer and politician; governor of California Paul Gray Hoffman, automobile executive; president of Ford Foundation; received Medal of Freedom for work as first administrator of Marshall Plan after WWII John A. McCone, industrialist; head of Atomic Energy Commission; director of CIA; headed McCone Commission to investigate causes of 1965 Watts riots and propose cures to avoid future outbreaks Ronald Reagan, movie actor; governor of California; president of the United States Arnold O. Beckman, prolific chemist and inventor; industrialist; funded first transistor company and fueled creation of Silicon Valley; philanthropist, including to Caltech where he studied and taught Peter O’Malley, owner and president of Los Angeles Dodgers Locations In 1924, the Club opened its present location at 545 S. Figueroa Street, one block west of the Los Angeles Public Library. Since 1927, the club has had a beach location in Santa Monica, in a building designed by architect Gene Verge, Sr. References External links Clubs and societies in California Buildings and structures in Downtown Los Angeles Culture of Los Angeles Organizations based in Los Angeles Gentlemen's clubs in California Organizations established in 1895 1895 establishments in California 19th century in Los Angeles